ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Thomas GREENWOOD
                                   19 Mar 1656
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[p.] 571 

In the Name of God Amen 
I Thomas GREENWOOD being Sick & Weak in Body but of perfect Memory do make 
this my last Will & Testament as followeth . 
I Bequeath my Soul to God my Saviour and Merciful Redeemer and my Body I 
Bequeath to the Earth there to be decently Interred therein 
And for whatsoever Estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I Bequeath as 
followeth my Debts being first paid. 
Item  I Give and bequeath unto my Kinsman Valentine CHITTEY [CHITTY] Fifty 
Acres of Land where now James NELSON liveth and One Cow with Calf and One Sow 
with Pigg to be delivered to him at the Expiration of his Time which is at 
Twenty One Years of Age and accordingly Corn & Cloths : all these things I 
give to my Cousin afores.d provided he serve me or my Assigns 'till he be One 
and Twenty Years of Age. 
I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand Child Edward GREENWOOD a Heifer with Calf. 
I Give and Bequeath unto my son Edward GREENWOOD one Shilling in English money 
whensoever he shall come or send to demand the same. 
I Give and Bequeath all the rest of my Estate unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth 
GREENWOOD, wether it be Land, Cattle, Hoggs  Goods, Debts or whatsoever is or 
may be called mine, All to be wholly at her Disposing as her own proper Goods 
for ever. 
And further I do make her my loving Wife my full & whole Executrix to pay the 
aforesaid Legacies and all my Debts. 
And to this my last Will & Testament I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal 
this 19.th March 1656.                                   his 
                                                  Thomas  T  GREENWOOD.  seal 
Sealed in the Presence of us:                            mark 
  James PYLAND.  James  ×  EILLSON [sic; WILLSON (WILSON), see below] 
                       mark 
               I Thomas GREENWOOD do Confirm this to be my last Will and 
        Testament as Witness my Hand this 6° of March 1657.   his 
              Teste.  James PYLAND.                    Thomas  T  GREENWOOD. 
                                                              mark 

Proved by the Oaths of James PYLAND and James WILLSON the 9.th of April 1658 
In the Isle of Wight County Court ~ 
                                                Teste, Thomas WOODWARD  C.C. 


Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), 
p. 571 
The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]

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